The Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office applauded Chief Charles Eckert's work with the department over the past 32 years. But that is not the sentiment shared by all county public servants.
The chief of the Tarrant County jail has retired, days after the sixth inmate death of the year.Chief Charles Eckert officially announced his retirement on Wednesday.Eckert has been in charge of the day-to-day operations at the jail since 2020.He has also worked for the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office for 32 years and recently won administrator of the year in Texas.
She’d been in jail for a little over a week and a half on a felony theft of property charge and a parole violation.Last month, two corrections officers were fired because of Marine veteran Anthony Johnson, Jr's death. They were later reinstated because of Civil Service Administration guidelines.Security video shows one of the officers kneeling on Johnson's back after he was already in restraints. The supervising officer took cellphone video of the incident.
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